'Bum crack bandit' launches legal bid for freedom

The woman dubbed with the unfortunate nickname “bum-crack bandit” after famously flashing her bottom during a Gold Coast armed robbery is hoping to be released from jail early.

Eboni Elizabeth Rose Pydde, 23, was sentenced to two years’ jail back in May 2014 after shooting a man in a drug deal gone wrong, The Courier Mail reports.

Pydde was filmed robbing the Coomera Lodge Hotel in December 2011 with CCTV footage showing her carrying a pistol and wearing low-slung jeans.

The video shows Pydde flashing a tattoo and her backside while climbing over the bar to steal some drinks.

Pydde became eligible for parole last month but has been forced to lodge an appeal after the Southern Queensland Regional Parole Board rejected her application.

The case of the “bum crack bandit” will be heard in the Supreme Court next Wednesday where her lawyers will argue the parole board had “not acted lawfully in the accepted standard of discretionary power” when considering her parole application.

Meanwhile, court documents relating the legal action have provided a glimpse into her life in Brisbane Women’s prison.